Wonderful Tonka

Wonderful Tonka, composed by Karine Vinchon Spehner for Attar Al Has in 2022 and worn by anyone, is a woody tonka with rose, cocoa and pepper. Everyone who describes it says woody, about two-thirds add spicy, sweet and floral, and a third ambery or citrusy.

Grapefruit opens it with a bitter, sparkling citrus, and black pepper adds a dry heat behind it. Lavender gives an aromatic, herbal cleanness, and Turkish rose a deep, slightly jammy floral heart. Cacao pod brings a bitter, powdery cocoa note rather than chocolate sweetness. The base is where the tonka lives: warm, almond-and-hay-like, with vanilla beside it. Guaiac wood adds a smoky, tar-like depth, vetiver and patchouli an earthy dryness, amber a soft glow, and mineral notes a dry, stony edge.

Longevity and sillage have not yet been reported. Tonka, cocoa and smoky wood suit autumn and winter and the evening, for someone who likes sweet notes kept dry.

Wonderful Tonka — unisex fragrance by Attar Al Has (released 2022). Notes: Amber, Black Pepper, Cacao Pod, Grapefruit, Guaiac Wood, Lavender, Mineral notes, Patchouli, Pepper, Rose, Tonka Bean, Turkish Rose, Vanilla, Vetiver. — Parfica open fragrance database